Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Palaung (Burmese: ပလောင် လူမျိုး [pəlàʊɴ lùmjó]; Thai: ปะหล่อง also written as Benglong Palong) or Ta’ang are a Mon–Khmer ethnic minority found in Shan State of Burma Yunnan Province of China and Northern Thailand. In China they are referred to as the De’ang (Chinese: 德昂族; pinyin: Déáng Zú also spelt Deang) people. They live mainly in the northern parts of Shan State in the Pa Laung Self-Administered Zone with the capital at Namhsan.
